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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

A NEW phase Of the battle-fiag busi-
ness, says the Army and Nary Register,
is the action of numerous Southern
military organizations in voluntarily
returning flags captured from North
ern regiments during the civil war and
since retained as trophies. Recently
the Second Alabama regimental Or
ganization forwarded to the Sixteenth
Connecticut Veterans regimental
guidon captured in 1864, and it was re
ceived with due formality. Colonel
Cheney, of the Veterans, in presenting
it, said: ave will look upon it with
hearts full of gratitude and with thanks
more than we can express to the brave
soldiers who have SO bravely given
back the flag they took from us.
Comrades, here is the flag, and may
God bless our old adversaries who have
kept it till this happy reunion and re-
stored fellowship of those who wore
the blue and the gray" This is clos
ing up "the bloody chasm" in earnest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
WHAT k!LSTIiE NA1lON7
Tho Average Length of Life Dc.
creasing-Not Pestilcnce-
Not FGminc-AIl our
own Fault.


MODERN COOKING AND MOD
ERN LIVING have brought it
on. It comes upon US una
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has bad taste, especi-
ally in the morning. A sort
Of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. After a while o
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after q few months it is at
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. After C. time he be-
comes nervous, nritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebod-
ings. There is q giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud-
denly. The bowels become
costive; the skin is dry and
hot at times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
Of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositing q sediment
after standing. There is fire.
quently O splitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is fire.
quently attend I'd with palpi-
tation of the heart and Asth-
matte symptoms; the vision be-
comes impaired, with spots be-
fore the eyes; there is a feel
ing of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symp-
toms are in turn present. It
is thought that nearly one.haf
of our population has this dis
ease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Roots (Sei-
gels Syrup changes the fer.
ments of the Digestive organs so
asto convert the food we eat into
a form that will give nourish-
ment to the feeble body, and
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvellous. Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of it's
curative powers are over
whelming. Hundreds of So
called diseases under various
names are the result Of indi-
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms of the real
malady
Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond adoubt Sold by.
druggists
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Wealth of the Cascade Mountains.

President Harris, in his last report
to the directors of the Northern Pa
ci!ic Railroad Company, says: "By
| the construction of the Cascade branch
the land appertaining to that portion
OF the road have been earned. These
lands embrace vast forests OF the fin
est timber in the world, and coal and
iron ore of superior quality and great
abundance. The more the lands are
explored the more productive and
valuable they are found to be. Wash
ington Territory has been well called
the Pennsylvania of the northwest.
The facilities for making iron cheaply
are unexcelled Arrangements are in
progress for building near the line of
the road works for the manufacture of
iron on n large scale. The inter-
change of business between Eastern
and Western Washington-coal and
lumber eastward, and grain and other
produce westward-will make this the
most valuable part of the road"
This state of facts more than indi-
Gates the policy of the Northern Pa
cific Company in completing the Cas-
cade division. President Harris may
well indulge in this congratulatory
strain at the conclusion Of his report:
In the opinion of the directors
there has not been time when the
prospects of the company were so
promising as now. The road is sub
stantia.ly completed, and the land
grant has been secured from Ashland
to Tacoma, and from Tacoma to Port
land. The company has kept faith with
Congress in building the road, and
there can be no doubt Congress will
keep faith with the company. The
physical and financial obstacles, which
have been great, have all bccn over
SOAiS. L HO HAtu CIldl ScS stIc uttTly
at their height. Millions of acres of
valuable lands remain to be sold. As
fast as the lands are settled the busi-
ness of the road will increase. The
company is in a position where it can
negotiate favorably with other COM
panies as regards the business of ad-
jacent territory. The disastrous re-
suits of reckless competition, and the
construction of unnecessary roads,
have given rise to more reasonable
views, and there prevails general de-
sire to harmonic the relations of the
railroad companies to each other and
to the public on the basis of sound
principles. With judicious and
faithful administration of the affairs
of the company, its future prosperity is
beyond doubt"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

AN EARLY SETTLER.-Between To-
ledo and Winlock is Cowlitz Prairie,
two by five miles long. In the center
OF this prairie Simon Plomondon took
up the first donation claim under the
laws of Oregon Territory when Wash
ington was included. Simon Plomon-
don came to Washougal, on the Co.
lumbia river, in 1903, or eighty-four
years ago. He was afterward in the
employ of the Hudson Bay Fur Com
pany, and at the time of his death he
was 80 years, 9 months and 6 days
old.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

FINELY chopped clover hay moist
ened with water that has been slightly
salted, and sprinkled with corn meal
makes an excellent food for old stock
that cannot well masticate hay. 1t
should be fed in connection with
mixed ground grain also, with q small
allowance OF linseed meal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

GIVE to the COWS none but the best
and purest food. With no other stock
is that so essential, for the reason that
it has been fully demonstrated by
competent authorities that the milk is
very prolific source of transmitting
disease germs from impure food.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

ONLY one vessel left the Columbia
river for foreign port during Septem-
Der. The River Indus, 1,O45 tons car
ried II ,653 barrels of flour, value $57 :
047, at 37s Cd per ton. The demoral-
izing effect of the collapse of the
wheat deal in San Francisco and the
firm determination of farmers to hold
their grain, have delayed the move
ment from this section fully six weeks
beyond the usual time.-Portland
Journal Of Commerce.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

REV. II. S. Todd, formerly pastor of
the NJ. f. Church in Port Townsend,
removed to National City, Cal, where
he purchased five acres of land for
5000. The land boom struck that
section, and Mr.. Todd has sold his
five acre place for $4,7OO. National
City is four miles up the bay from
San Diego.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

In Algeria there is small stream
which the chemistry of nature has
converted into true ink. 1t is formed
by the union of two rivulets, one of
which is very strongly impregnated
with iron, while the other, meander-
ing through a peat marsh, imbibes
gallic acid, another ingredient in the
formation of ink. Letters and other
manuscript matters are satisfactorily
written with this singular natural
compound of iron and gallic acid.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Paste it in Your Bible.

following so-called "Genesis 81" was
used to puzzle biblical scholars, and
to-day, were it read aloud in any
mixed company, it is questionable if its
fraudulent nature would be discovered,
so beautifully is the spirit and language
of the Old Testament. initiated:
l. And it came to pass after these
| things, that Abraham sat in the door
of his tent, about the going down Of
the sun.
2. And behold a man, bowed with
age, came from the way of the wilder
ness leaning Oh staff.
3. And Abraham arose and met
him, and said unto him, Turn in,
pray thee, and wash thy feet, and
tarry all night, and thou shalt arise
early on the morrow, and go thy way.
4. But the man said, Nay, for l
will abide under this tree.
5. And Abraham pressed him
gently; so he turned, and they went
into the tent, and Abraham baked
unleavened bread, and they did eat.
6. And when Abraham saw that
the man blessed not God, he said unto
him, wherefor dost thou not worship
the most high God, Creator of heaven
and earth?
7. And the man answered and
said, l do not worship the God thou
speakest of, neither do Lcall upon his
name; for have made to myself a
God, which abideth always in my
house and provideth me with all
things.
s. And Abraham's zeal was kim
died against the man, and he arose
and drove him forth with blows into
the wilderness.
9. And at midnight God called
unto Abraham, saying, Abraham,
where is the stranger?
10. And Abraham answered and
said, Lord, he would not worship
Thee, neither would he call upon Thy
name, therefore have driven him out
from before my face into the wilder
ness.
IL. And God said, have not
borne with him these hundred and
ninety and eight years, and nourished
him, and clothed him, notwithstand-
ing his rebellion against me, and
couldst not thou; that art thyself a
sinner, bear with him one night?
y. And Abraham said, Let not
the anger of my Lord wax against his
servant; 10! Ihave sinned, forgive me
pray thee.
13. And Abraham arose and went
forth into the wilderness, and sought
diligently for the man, and found him
and returned with him to the tent,
and when he had entreated him kind
ly he sent him away on the morrow
with gifts.
IA. And God spake again unto
Abraham saying, for this thy sin shall
thy seed be afflicted 400 years in a
strange land.
Is. But for thy repentance will l
deliver them, and they shall come
forth with power, and with gladness of ,
heart, and with much substance.
In 1859, when in England as agent
for the colony of Pennsylvania, Benja-
min Franklin privately printed this
" Chapter" as he always termed it.
Taking only sheet of paper, he kept
it laid in his bible at the end of Gene
sis, and used to amuse himself by
reading it aloud to his friends, and
hearing them express their surprise
that they never recollected reading it,
and their openly expressed admiration
of the moral it carried with it. Its
origin is unknown. 1t has been
traced back 700 years to a Persian
poet, who simply says I" it was so re-
lated" 1t must be very old.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
LIFE at the Idaho capital is thus d

LIFE at the Idaho capital is thus de-
scribed: "At the upper end of Main
street on Sunday night, the Salvation
Army held lively hell and damna-
ton meeting at the lower end of Main
street, Putnam, the free thinker,
tried to knock hell out of the hell and
damnation belief; while in q saloon,
about middle way between the two
meetings, the tiger fiercely growled.
It was pick out your card and put
down your money"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

A CURIOUS Turkish regulation for
bids millers to keep fowls, lest they be
tempted to fatten them with their
customers grain. An exception is
made in favor of one cock, which
each miller is allowed to keep to
wakeu him in the morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

Nv. BAIRD offers to erect $4,000
theatre in Portland, if citizens Of that
c;tv will subscribe a sufficient sum to
buy a site for the same. Portland
needs q new theater.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Notice

rs hereby given that from this date
l. October 5th. 1881 will pay no bills
contracted by my wife. Zou Chaen, and
forbid all persons trusting her on INV acs
count. CHARLES CHAEN,
Olympia, w. T., Oct. s, 1887.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Notice.

VHE undersigned gives notice that he
1 has rented the Halfway House to
NJ. B. Ward and Mrs. Gimel, and will not
hereafter be responsible for the business
transacted or any debts incurred by those
who conduct it,
CHARLES CRAENN.
Olympia, w. T., Oct. s, 1887.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, La,

De MeMnc0 That the presence of Generals
" W !mOIn Beauregard and Early, who
are IN charge Of the drawings, Is . guarantee Of
aosoi9te fairness and integrity that the chances
are Az equal and that no one can possibly divine
what number will draw Prize.
HEM BEN that the payment Of all Prize
is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL.
BANKS OF New Orleans, and the Tickets are
whose chartered rights are recognized ths
highest Courts; therefore, beware Of any jmits-
tione Or anonymous schemes.
July Is, 1887.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

NHE Olympia Gas and Electric Light
i Company is prepared to furnish the
above to the citizens Of Olympia.
Office at Works, Eastside.
ROBERT BRUCE,
Secretary.
Olympia. September 16, 1887. ly
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
@nsiness Garas.
CARLTON HOUSE,

A. d. WHITNEY, PROPRIETOR.
TyHIS favorite hotel is now open for the
reception of the public. New house
and new furniture throughout. Everything
Firs:-ClGss.
Rooms can be secured by TEL
egraph.
COLUMBIA 81. bet. Third and Fourth.
Olympia. Juno IL, 1885. tt
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Unprecedented ATTRACTION I
y Over Half a Million Distributed.

Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis.
lature for Educational and Charitable purposes
with capital of 81 900 ,000-tO which q reserve
fund of over S550.C00 has since been added.
by an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
was made part of the present State Constitu-
tion adopted December I'd, A. d 1879
The only Lottery erer uoted on and endorsed
by the people Of any State.
1t nerer scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Number Drawlngs
take place monthly, and the Semi.AnnS.
Al Drawings regularly every six months
(June and December).
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY To
DRAWING, CLASS L, IN THE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY.
November sth, 1857, 21Oth Monthly Draw
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers. ,ciu
pay all Prizes dra,rn in the Lonis;ann Stote
Lotteries witich may be presented at our coun-
terS.
}: II. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat. B<
FlERKE LANAUx, Pres. State Natl Rk
a. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat Bk
CAAL AOHN, Pres. Union Natl Bank,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-21
Capital Prize, $15O,OOO.

Z UIs A. DAUPH1N,
Warrington, D. C,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19
A TRAVELLING BRIDGE.

The illustration here given represents this
travelling bridge, as it is termed in Popular
Science News. At high tide the water reaches
nearly to the top, and the bridge presents a
strange appearance as it travels across the
water like some gigantic insect. The structure
Is about thirty three feet high, and moves
upon rails laid on the bottom of the harbor.
1t is built as lightly rs is consistent with
safety, so as to avoid friction in passing
through the water. The motive power is APP
piled by wire cables, connected with station
airy engine. The distance travcrsod is about
275 feet, and the trip is made in "A minute and
q half. No accident has ever occurred, and
communication has never been interrupted
by wind or weather. This system of trans
portation Especially adapted to small harbors
or streams, where an ordinary bridge Is i'm
practicable OF account of expense or. inter
ference with navigation; and there aredoubt-
less many localities in this country where a
similar institution would be public convent
encc and paying investment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19

A correspondent in Science recalls the case
Of Adrien Testichew, the Russion "dog man, 4"
whose picture is here given, as remarkable
illustration of this abnormal growth Of the
hair, and explains that this hair is not always
soft and downy but may, through pathological
conditions, be coarse like that of the adult.
The animal or dogike appearance of Tes-
tichew is also probably as striking as any
ever observed. a family of the Sixteenth
century, however, presented very similar
aspect. In this family, the father, son and
daughter We're all covered, according TO de.
scriptions now eXtant, over the entire body
with long hair, with the exception Of space
below the eyes.
The notable case of Julia Pastrana, Of
Mexico may also be cited. She was most
repulsive looking person, the hair of the head,
forehead and face being coarse like ordinary
hair. and her checks and nose -HUHrly bare
Another point of interest in these abnormal
cases is the tendency shown to hcredity.
Thrice has the anomaly been developed in the
second generation, aud once, in the Birinan
family, i'll the third.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19

Animals which have not been literally
fed while young and growing will never
yield the same quantity of marbled flesh,
no matter how much care may be taken
to fatten them when grown, as those
which have been we'll fed from the be
ginning. In short, to produce the best
quality of beef, the cellular tissues Of the
muscle must be developed along with the
growth Of the animal by abundant food.
The characteristics Of a high quality Of
beef are briefly as follows; If lean, the
surface Of the beef is Of uniform redncss
when cut across the grain; but fat de-
posted within the muscle will be indi-
Gated by whitish colored points which are
layers Of fat around and among the
bundles of muscular fibreS. These indi-
cations are more or less strongly marked
according to the amount of fat deposited,
and when the amount is considerable the
lean meat looks as If overlaid with a net
work of fat Meat thus streaked with
fat is termed marblcd,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19

The aid Of sheep in keeping up fertility
is especially important to the eastern and
older states,
Experiments in tobacco culture in south
Florida, says The Savannah News, have
been made with encouraging results on a
limited scale.
J. W. ComstOck of Greenfield, Ind,
considers sweet cows milk the most effec-
tive remedy for hog cholera.
Some of the Connecticut river valley
farmers are giving up tobacco culture for
the breeding Of fine horses.
\ citizen of Pocahontas, Ia, has in
vented a new fuel which bids fair to take
the place Of coal in the prairie countries
He griuds corn stalks and coarse prairie
grass together and moistens them. This
pulp is pressed into blocks about twelve
inches long and four inches thick and
dried One block will give an hours
steady heat This fuel can be produced
for So ton, and the inventor claims that
It will last twice as long as the best soft
coal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19

Next to planting young trees in the
spring, preparations ought to be made for
grating the natural apple trees and other
bearers of worthless fruit to be found on
almost every farm. The following sChed-
ulc Of the modes Of propagation adapted
to different trees and fruit bearing shrubs
will he found Of value by novices:
Apple and pear, budding and grating.
Cherry, mostly by budding, but sue
ceeds well by grating, if done very early.
Peach and nectarine, by budding only,
at the north; often succeeds by grating
at the south.
Plum, by grating, and also by budding,
if the stocks are thrifty.
Apricot, mostly by budding; sometimes
by grating.
Almond, by budding. and sometimes by
grating.
Chestnut. by early grating.
Walnut, By early grating and % an
nual budding.
Ounce, by cutting and grating
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19

Filbcrt, by suckers and layers. The
finer sorts may be grated on the more
common, which reduces the size Of the
bush and makes them more prolific,
Grape, 10y layers and cuttings; and, in
rare instances, grating is advantageously
employed for new or rare sorts on old or
wild stocks, producing rapid growth and
early bearing.
Raspberry and blackberry, 10y suckers,
cutting Of roots end layers.
GooseOcrry and currant, by cuttings and
sometimes by layers.
To insure good work one must have
sharp tools and good wax, Ben Pcrley
Poorc, in The American Cultivator, who
approves OF the above schedule, says to
make the grating wax by heating and
mixing equal parts Of resin, tallow and
yellow beeswax. A coat Of this wax,
about one-twentieth OF an inch thick,
spread over muslin, calico or flexible pa
per, makes an excellent covering for out
door grating, or, spread half as thick, is
well adapted to root grating
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19
A Homemade Ash Sitter.

In many households very considerable
loss occurs annually in waste Of coal
that Is quite unnecessary. A prevention
to this uncalled for waste is sitting the
ashes and saving the cinders, most Of
which can be burned again, while the
ashes, II kept under shelter in boxes or
barrels, may be utilized as an absorbent
to odd to the compost heap, the vaults
and the chicken runs. Sitting ashes is,
however, an exceedingly disagreeable job,
unless suitable arrangements are made by
which the work can be done with neatness
aud dispatch
An exceedingly convenient ash sitter,
such rs is shown in the cut, may be easily
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-19
DIAGRAM OF FARM

PRODUCTS. unimproved land,
Notwithstanding the new land taken up,
has been constantly decreasing. 1t was
6l.5 per cent. in 1850, 500 in 1860, SO. !
in 1870 and 1872 in 1880.
According to the same authority the in
crease of twenty years in the values of
products of american agriculture has
been far greater than the increase in popu-
lation Quantities have enormously in
creased and values have changed, some
being lower and some higher than in 1860.
The principal products are shown in the
accompanying diagram in the order of
their prominence. Meat, which represents
ranch grass or pasturage, is first, followed
by corn, wheat, hay, dairy products, cot
ton, poultry products, etc. Corn stood
first in 1860 because the grains of the
western half of the continent were I'M
utilized, and meat production east of the
Mississippi has assumed greatly enlarged
proportions. \ part of the corn, about
half, and II small part of the hay, are du-
plicated in the value of meats. The dairy
products are principally from pasturagc,
and therefore do not duplicate extensively
values of other items.
The products represented in the diagram
and the proportion Of each in the two
periods are given in millions of dollars, as
follows: